This is a listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.

Single-season records

Batting

Statistic Player(s) Number Year(s)
Batting average Rod Carew .388 1977
Home runs Harmon Killebrew 49 1964, 1969
RBI Harmon Killebrew 140 1969
Runs Chuck Knoblauch 140 1996
Hits Rod Carew 239 1977
Singles Sam Rice 182 1925
Doubles Mickey Vernon 51 1946
Triples Goose Goslin, Cristian Guzmán 20 1925, 2000
Extra base hits Tony Oliva 84 1964
Stolen bases Clyde Milan 88 1912
Hit streak Ken Landreaux 31 games 1980
Base on balls Eddie Yost 151 1956
Strikeouts Miguel Sanó 178 2016
Team HR Team 307 2019 *Through 9/29/19

Pitching

Statistic Player Number Year
Wins Walter Johnson 36 1913
Strikeouts Walter Johnson 313 1910
ERA Walter Johnson 1.14 1913
Saves Joe Nathan 47 2009

Single-game records

Individual

As a team

Record Number Occurrences Opp.1 Date*
AB 50 3 KC 6/19/03
AB2(22) 78 1 CLE 8/31/93
R 24 1 DET 4/24/96
R3 35 (24-11) 1 DET 4/24/96
H 28 1 SEA 6/13/17
H2(11) 24 1 SEA 9/29/89
H3 42 1 OAK 4/27/80
XBH 12 1 TOR 5/8/79
XBH3 24 1 CLE 7/13/96
TB 47 1 WAS 8/29/63
1B 19 1 MIL 9/9/80
1B2(11) 20 1 SEA 9/29/89
2B 8 1 BOS 7/25/96
3B 4 1 NYY 6/2/64
HR 8 1 WAS 8/29/63
HR3 9 Many MIL 7/12/01
RBI 22 2 CLE 6/4/02
RBI3 33 1 DET 4/24/96
BB 14 3 KC 8/5/06
BB2(18) 18 1 SEA 7/19/69
BB3 21 1 KC 9/10/76
BB4(10) 22 2 BAL 5/15/78
IBB 4 Many DET 5/23/92
IBB2(22) 5 1 MIL 5/12/72
IBB4(22) 7 1 MIL 5/12/72
K 19 1 TEX 8/19/07
K2(10) 19 2 CLE 7/3/68
K3 27 1 CLE 9/28/00
K4(20) 35 1 WAS 8/9/67
GIDP 5 Many TEX 6/3/95
GIDP2(22) 5 1 MIL 5/12/72
SH 5 1 CWS 6/23/79
SH2(17) 5 Many TEX 9/17/77
SF 4 2 DET 6/26/99
SF2 3 2 CLE 7/3/94
HBP 4 2 KC 4/13/71
HBP2(17) 4 1 CLE 5/7/95
LOB 17 2 MIL 9/4/90
LOB2(22) 23 2 MIL 5/12/72
SB 6 1 SEA 9/9/92
Opp. SB 7 2 NYY 5/10/87
Opp. SB2(12) 12 1 OAK 8/1/76
SB3 8 Many KC 8/26/01
SB4(12) 14 1 OAK 8/1/76
Best Win 21 (23-2) 1 CLE 6/4/02
Worst Loss 18 (20-2) 1 KC 4/25/61
Runs in Inning 11(5th) Many BOS 5/20/94
Opp. Runs in Inning 12 1 KC 6/17/03
Record Number Occurrences Opp.1 Date
* Date listed is date of most recent occurrence of record.
1 Opponent listed is opponent that record occurred against most recently.
2 Indicates record in an extra-inning game (total innings in parentheses).
3 Indicates record with number accumulated by both clubs.
4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with number accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)

All-Time leaders

Batting

Games played

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 2,329
2 Sam Rice 2,307
3 Joe Judge 2,084
4 Clyde Milan 1,982
5 Ossie Bluege 1,867

At bats

Rank Player Number
1 Sam Rice 8,934
2 Harmon Killebrew 7,835
3 Joe Judge 7,663
4 Clyde Milan 7,359
5 Kirby Puckett 7,244

Runs

Rank Player Number
1 Sam Rice 1,466
2 Harmon Killebrew 1,258
3 Joe Judge 1,154
4 Kirby Puckett 1,071
5 Buddy Myer 1,037

Hits

Rank Player Number
1 Sam Rice 2,889
2 Kirby Puckett 2,304
3 Joe Judge 2,291
4 Joe Mauer 2,123
5 Clyde Milan 2,100

Doubles

Rank Player Number
1 Sam Rice 479
2 Joe Mauer 428
3 Joe Judge 421
4 Kirby Puckett 414
5 Mickey Vernon 391

Triples

Rank Player Number
1 Sam Rice 183
2 Joe Judge 157
3 Goose Goslin 125
4 Buddy Myer 113
5 Mickey Vernon 108

Home runs

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 559
2 Kent Hrbek 293
3 Bob Allison 256
4 Justin Morneau 221
5 Tony Oliva 220

RBI

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,540
2 Kent Hrbek 1,086
3 Kirby Puckett 1,085
4 Sam Rice 1,045
5 Mickey Vernon 1,026

Total bases

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 4,026
2 Sam Rice 3,830
3 Kirby Puckett 3,453
4 Joe Judge 3,239
5 Joe Mauer 3,040

Walks

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,505
2 Eddie Yost 1,274
3 Joe Judge 943
4 Joe Mauer 939
5 Buddy Myer 864

Strikeouts

Rank Player Number
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,629
2 Joe Mauer 1,034
3 Bob Allison 1,033
4 Miguel Sanó 1,017
5 Torii Hunter 975
6 Kirby Puckett 965

Stolen bases

Rank Player Number
1 Clyde Milan 495
2 Sam Rice 346
3 George Case 321
4 Chuck Knoblauch 276
5 Rod Carew 271

Caught stealing

Rank Player Number
1 Rod Carew 123
2 George Case 98
3 Buddy Myer 88
4 Ossie Bluege 87
5 César Tovar 81

On-base percentage

Rank Player Amount
1 Rod Carew .393
2 Chuck Knoblauch .391
3 John Stone .389
4 Joe Mauer .388
5 Buddy Myer .387

Slugging percentage

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew .514
2 Goose Goslin .502
3 Roy Sievers .500
4 Justin Morneau .499
5 Kent Hrbek .481

Batting average

Rank Player Amount
1 Rod Carew .334
2 Heinie Manush .328
3 Goose Goslin .323
3 Sam Rice .323

Pitching

Wins

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 417
2 Jim Kaat 190
3 Bert Blyleven 149
4 Brad Radke 148
5 Camilo Pascual 145

Losses

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 279
2 Jim Kaat 159
3 Camilo Pascual 141
4 Brad Radke 139
5 Bert Blyleven 138

ERA

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 2.17
2 Doc Ayers 2.64
3 Dean Chance 2.67
4 Cy Falkenberg 2.69
5 Harry Harper 2.75

Games played

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 802
2 Eddie Guardado 648
3 Rick Aguilera 490
4 Jim Kaat 484
5 Firpo Marberry 470

Games started

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 666
2 Jim Kaat 433
3 Brad Radke 377
4 Bert Blyleven 345
5 Camilo Pascual 331

Complete games

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 531
2 Case Patten 206
3 Bert Blyleven 141
4 Long Tom Hughes 139
5 Jim Kaat 133

Shutouts

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 110
2 Camilo Pascual 31
3 Bert Blyleven 29
4 Jim Kaat 23
4 Dutch Leonard 23

Saves

Rank Player Number
1 Joe Nathan 260
2 Rick Aguilera 254
3 Glen Perkins 120
4 Eddie Guardado 116
5 Ron Davis 108

Innings pitched

Rank Player Number
1 Walter Johnson 5,914 ⅓
2 Jim Kaat 3,014 ⅓
3 Bert Blyleven 2,566 ⅔
4 Camilo Pascual 2,465
5 Brad Radke 2,451

Rare feats

No-hitters

Minnesota
Pitcher Opp. Date
Francisco Liriano @CHW 5/3/2011
Eric Milton ANA 9/11/1999
Scott Erickson MIL 4/27/1994
Dean Chance @CLE 8/25/1967
Jack Kralick KC 8/26/1962
Bobby Burke BOS 8/8/1931
Walter Johnson @BOS 7/1/1920

Dean Chance also threw a perfect game through five innings on August 6, 1967, against the Boston Red Sox, but the game was shortened due to rain. Under MLB rule revisions in 1991, it is not recognized as an official no-hitter or perfect game.

Hit for the cycle

Minnesota
Player Opp. Date
Jorge Polanco PHI 4/5/19
Michael Cuddyer MIL 5/22/09
Jason Kubel LAA 4/17/09
Carlos Gómez @CWS 5/7/08
Kirby Puckett OAK 8/1/86
Gary Ward @MIL 9/18/80
Mike Cubbage TOR 7/27/78
Lyman Bostock @CWS 7/24/76
Larry Hisle @BAL 6/4/76
César Tovar TEX 9/19/72
Rod Carew @KC 5/20/70
Mickey Vernon @CWS 5/19/46
Joe Cronin NYY 9/2/29
Goose Goslin @NYY 8/28/24
Otis Clymer @NYY 10/2/08

Triple plays

Players Opp. Date
Sano–Simmons–Gordon @KC 6/06/21
Buxton-Urshela-Urshela @CWS 7/04/22
Sano–Schoop–Cron ATL 8/07/19
Arraez–Schoop–Sano @NYY 7/22/19
Sano–Dozier–Mauer @LAA 6/1/17
Castillo–Morneau–Batista SEA 5/27/06
Gaetti–Newman–Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gladden–Lombardozzi–Larkin CLE 8/8/88
Gaetti–Lombardozzi–Hrbek @NYY 4/5/88
Gaetti–Teufel–Hrbek @NYY 7/19/84
Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek @CAL 8/8/83
Butera–Gaetti–Hrbek NYY 5/29/82
Borgmann–Gómez @CWS 7/25/76
Rollins–Carew–Allison CLE 9/10/68
Rollins–Tovar–Killebrew CAL 8/18/66

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†See below

Six-hit games

Batter Opp. Date
Kirby Puckett TEX 5/23/91
Kirby Puckett @MIL 8/30/87

Major League Baseball records and firsts

References

  1. ^ "Buxton starts improbable 8-5 triple play -- first in AL/NL history". MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.

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